Firefighters are already exposed to many risks to their well-being. The gear they wear and tools they use to keep themselves ...
Crews who spent time with first responders in California showed some of their wildland fire equipment and trucks. Fire chiefs joined them as they shared critical information about how South Texas ...
You can’t even call the LA fires a warning shot. Rather, they are merely the latest episode in a rapidly unfolding story.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA — U.S. Forest Service investigators Tuesday were seeking the public’s help identifying two men who broke into a locked fire engine and stole equipment from a crew standing by ...
The latest NIST study provides more information about exposure risk for firefighters from their firefighting protective gear.
BME fire engine is designed for wildland firefighting, featuring a 500-gallon water tank and four-wheel drive.
The recent fires ravaging Los Angeles have highlighted the dangers faced in firefighting — winds, fast-moving flames, smoke, chemical fumes — but it turns out that one of the most ...
Wildland firefighter gear is different from the heavy heat-protective gear they’d use in a building because it is much lighter and breathable. The engines will use the water in their systems for ...
A group of FDNY fire chiefs toured the devastation left behind by the Los Angeles wildfires last week; learning valuable lessons on fighting and preventing brush fires in New York City. “It was ...
Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders on the LA fires and the demand for private firefighers in Malibu and the Palisades.